UMAP Journal 16.3, Fall 1995 - The 1995 MCM Contest Edition

Author: Paul Campbell, Editor

Table of Contents:

PUBLISHER'S EDITORIAL
Once More into the Breach

MODELING FORUM
Results of the 1995 Mathematical Contest in Modeling
A Specialized Root-Finding Method for Rapidly Determining the Intersections of a Plane and a Helix
The Single Helix
Planes and Helices
Judge's Commentary: The Outstanding Helix Intersections Papers
Practitioner's Commentary: The Outstanding Helix Intersections Papers
Author's Commentary: The Outstanding Helix Intersections Papers
Paying Professors What They're Worth
The World's Most Complicated Payroll
Long-term and Transient Pay Scale for College Faculty
How to Keep Your Job as Provost
Judge's Commentary: The Outstanding Faculty Salaries Papers